The Washington Post vs Y Combinator
88 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #ffffff Text
#000000 → #000000 Brand
#000000 → #f26625 Border
#cccccc → #cccccc Display font
Postoni → Verlag Body size
18px → 16px colors 75 changed
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text-muted #444444 → #cccccc ~
text-soft #666666 → #525252 ~
text-faint #999999 → #a0a0a0 ~
brand #000000 → #f26625 ~
link #2a64a6 → #000099 ~
link-hover #173e6e → #000066 ~
link-visited #5a5a5a → #828282 ~
border-strong #888888 → #828282 +
bg-paste #f6f6ef +
bg-warm-tint #fff6f0 +
bg-cool #fafafa +
surface-elevated #ffffff +
text-medium #404040 +
text-meta #828282 +
brand-classic #ff6600 +
brand-hover #e85d00 +
brand-deep #cc4f00 +
brand-soft rgba(242, 102, 37, 0.10) +
on-brand #ffffff +
accent-startup-school #ff8c42 +
accent-warm-cream #fff6f0 +
link-yc #000000 +
selected-bg #fff6f0 +
disabled #cccccc +
cta-bg #f26625 +
cta-text #ffffff +
ink-100 #000000 +
ink-200 #404040 +
ink-300 #525252 +
ink-400 #828282 +
ink-500 #a0a0a0 +
ink-600 #cccccc +
ink-700 #e6e6e6 +
ink-800 #f6f6ef +
border-subtle #e6e6e6 +
border-orange rgba(242, 102, 37, 0.40) +
shadow-color rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06) +
shadow-warm rgba(242, 102, 37, 0.15) +
success-bg #e8f5e0 +
success-text #2d5016 +
warning-bg #fff4d6 +
warning-text #7a5e00 +
danger-bg #fde0d4 +
danger-text #8a2a0a +
info-bg #e0e8f5 +
info-text #000099 −
bg-section #f5f5f5 −
bg-dark #000000 −
surface-soft #f8f8f8 −
surface-strong #eeeeee −
surface-quote #f5f0e6 −
brand-tagline #000000 −
brand-red #cf202f −
brand-red-hover #a8001a −
brand-red-soft #ffe5e7 −
on-brand-red #ffffff −
on-ink #ffffff −
border-soft #e0e0e0 −
border-rule #000000 −
border-rule-heavy #000000 −
shadow-card rgba(0,0,0,0.04) −
shadow-elev rgba(0,0,0,0.08) −
shadow-modal rgba(0,0,0,0.18) −
scrim rgba(0,0,0,0.55) −
success #177a3a −
success-soft #e3f2e7 −
warning #a06200 −
warning-soft #faf0db −
danger #cf202f −
danger-soft #ffe5e7 −
info #2a64a6 −
info-soft #e3edf7 −
live-red #cf202f −
live-pulse #ff3344 −
democracy-tagline-bg #000000 typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"Postoni","size":72} → {"family":"Verlag","size":80} ~
h1 {"family":"Postoni","size":28} → {"family":"Verlag","size":48} ~
h2 {"family":"Postoni","size":22} → {"family":"Verlag","size":32} ~
body {"family":"Franklin ITC","size":18} → {"family":"Verdana","size":16} ~
label {"family":"Courier New","size":11} → {"family":"Monaco","size":11} radius 3 changed
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button 4px → 0px ~
card 14px → 0px ~
pill 9999px → 0px spacing 5 changed
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xs 2px → 1px ~
sm 4px → 2px ~
md 12px → 6px ~
lg 24px → 12px ~
xl 40px → 20px